Hiring: Sr. Product Designer Company: Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:57:08 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Embedded Systems, Figma, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, LLM, Manufacturing Execution Systems, SaaS, User Experience About the job Experience: •5+ Years of Experience in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, or complex professional platforms. Required Skills: •Be embedded in a cross-functional squad, owning the design lifecycle and maintaining a System of Record for all product logic. •Cross-Platform Connectivity: Design high-density desktop interfaces and cross-platform flows that feel unified and effortless. You will solve complex spatial problems, ensuring that professional users can navigate massive data sets with consumer-grade clarity. •Product Artistry: Set the visual and interaction bar. You believe that "enterprise" is not an excuse for poor aesthetics. You’ll deliver production-ready work that balances strict functional requirements with elegant, modern UI. •Proactive Alignment: Own the pace. Drive work forward with high autonomy while ensuring the team remains in lockstep. You unblock yourself, bring proposals at the right time, and shape them well enough to drive decisions. •Evidence-Based Design: Use research and data to dismantle assumptions. You will frame problems, test prototypes, and iterate based on user truth before moving into high-fidelity execution. •Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Product Managers, Technical Program Managers, and Engineering to define scope and sequencing. You act as the bridge that ensures the team moves fast without losing the thread of past decisions. Qualifications: •A comprehensive portfolio is a mandatory component of the application. •Logical Progression: Your portfolio should show how you handle complex system feedback and state changes in dense environments. We want to see how you evolved a structural problem into a high-craft solution. •Information Architecture: Deep expertise in organizing high-density desktop systems. Show us how you manage hierarchy and professional, power-user workflows across platforms. •Systemic Record-Keeping: Evidence of tracking decisions and maintaining specs to keep a team aligned when the "source of truth" is shifting. •Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, User Experience (UX), Graphic/Visual Design, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience. •Desktop & Multi-Platform Proficiency: A deep understanding of desktop-class interactions (ergonomics, density, data visualization) and how they translate across a connected ecosystem. •Decision Management: Proven ability to document design history and navigate ambiguous, fast-moving environments where requirements shift. •Advanced Figma Mastery: Our primary tool for design, prototyping, and versioned documentation. •AI-Forward Workflow: Active use of Figma Make, Claude, Cursor, or other LLM tools to accelerate research synthesis or technical prototyping. •Exceptional Communication: The ability to present complex rationale clearly and build consensus among highly technical stakeholders.| Compensation: •$132,100 - $181,600 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!